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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, The Voortrekkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Paul de Prè skilled at growing?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Barley.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Wheat.

2. When Chief Ngalo asks his son Nxumalo to bring the "heavy earth" to show the Old Seeker, what does Nxumalo bring?
(a) A pot of soil.
(b) Three iron ingots from Phalaborwa.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A chunk of gold.

3. How do the Hottentots and Bushmen respond to the new law passed at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) They declare war on the English.
(b) They demand financial restitution for their years of slavery.
(c) They join the English military.
(d) They steal cattle and raid Dutch farms.

4. In Chapter Two, who promises to wait for Nxumalo to return from Zimbabwe and then marry him?
(a) Nagi.
(b) Lilia.
(c) Yzit.
(d) Zeolani.

5. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?
(a) To start a business.
(b) To escape imprisonment for a crime he's committed.
(c) To escape the religious persecution of the Catholic Church.
(d) To marry a Dutch widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Trekboer?

2. What has the king of Zimbabwe decreed that every man or woman passing the Field of Granite en route to Zimbabwe must take with them to the city?

3. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?

4. What does Mfecane mean?

5. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?

(see the answer key)

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